fettle
noun
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fettle
verb
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Synonyms for fettle
Synonyms: Noun
condition, estate, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim
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Examples of fettle in a Sentence
Noun
a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettleRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
But her brother’s in not-so-fine fettle: Grew a long, grasping tail While the hag brewed her ale. — Washington Post, "Style Invitational Week 1348: Same Difference," 5 Sep. 2019 The reigning Premier League top scorer has started the season in fine fettle having already scored twice in three games. — SI.com, "Arsenal: The XI That Should Start Against Tottenham," 31 Aug. 2019 An apprentice practices the procedure over and over, as if taking lessons in an immensely complicated musical instrument; the teacher looks for the sharpness, the fettle that comes with a hundred attempts. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 That one defeat to Portugal was the first time Switzerland have been beaten in 90 minutes since a 2015 defeat to England, so both teams enter this one in fine fettle. — SI.com, "World Cup Preview: Brazil vs Switzerland - Recent Form, Team News, Predictions & More," 16 June 2018 And Lagerfeld himself seemed in pretty fine fettle. — Cathy Horyn, The Cut, "All Aboard the S.S. Chanel," 4 May 2018 The Spanish stopper has played seven seasons at United, and has been in stellar fettle this campaign. — SI.com, "David de Gea Explains Why This Season Has Been His 'Most Productive' as a Man Utd Player," 24 Apr. 2018 One reason for the reversal of fortunes is that GM has convinced investors that its current business is in fine fettle. — The Economist, "General Uber-MotorsGM takes an unexpected lead in the race to develop autonomous vehicles," 25 Jan. 2018 The most likable character actually is a private-equity guy himself, Leo Tresler (Michael Siberry in fine fettle). — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "Sold! Ayad Akhtar's 'Junk' on Broadway hits fast and hard," 2 Nov. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Even my new friend here— a show car almost certainly hand-fettled for the occasion —suffers from faults of panel alignment. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "How Tesla Electrified Rivals at the L.A. Auto Show," 8 Dec. 2017 View 39 Photos If today’s Leaf is that one-percenter, this new-generation car is formed and fettled to be a 10-percenter. — Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver, "2018 Nissan Leaf: Turning Over Anew," 6 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fettle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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